The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday announced it will not formally endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, ending months of speculation about whether the labor union would back Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris. The union's General Executive Board said in a statement that its member polling showed no majority support for Harris, and no universal support for Trump.
Dollar Tree's bosses has boasted to the company's investors that raising the price cap up to $7 will boost profits. Customers had reacted angrily to news of the higher prices - with one saying: 'So now it is Seven Dollar Tree, and they can up their prices.' But CEO Rick Dreiling said: 'We are already seeing a meaningful sales lift at the 1,600 Dollar Tree stores that have been converted to our newest multi-price format.' And chief financial officer Jeff Davis said that rolling out the $7 limit to more of the budget chain's 16,000 stores will 'drive higher gross profit per transaction'. The company says that the higher price cap allows it to sell a much wider range of items - including food, snacks, beverages, pet care and personal care - that attract wealthier customers.
A New York City Department of Education regional manager and members of her staff took family members on trips meant for homeless students, an investigator said Monday. The destinations included Disney World, Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, among other locations, and allegedly took place from 2016-2019. Special Commissioner of Investigation of New York City Schools Anastasia Coleman said, following an investigation, her office concluded regional manager of Queens Students in Temporary Housing Linda Wilson brought her family members on trips, and let other staffers bring members of their families, as well. They did so by allegedly forging permissions slips in students' names. The trips were funded by grants intended to help homeless students, Coleman said. read more
A massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston was shooting a giant plume of fire into the air for more than two hours on Monday as first-responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood where some homes have caught fire. The fire began at 9:55 a.m. with an explosion that rattled nearby homes in Deer Park and La Porte, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of downtown Houston, long the energy capital of the U.S. "All of a sudden we hear this loud bang and then I see something bright, like orange, coming from our back door that's outside," said Geselle Melina Guerra, 25, a La Porte resident. She and her boyfriend live in a mobile home within the evacuation area. They were having breakfast when they heard the explosion close to 9:30 a.m. Guerra's boyfriend, Jairo Sanchez, 26, woke up his brother and they ran to their car.
Vice President Kamala Harris said she will cut college degree requirements for certain federal jobs if elected president as the Democratic presidential candidate and her Republican rival woo voters with economic pledges. "As president, I will get rid of the unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs to increase jobs for folks without a four-year degree," Harris on Friday in her speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. read more
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